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An artist-run online gallery. Publisher of limited edition art prints, and curated original works by Puerto Rican and Latinx artists.
Discover your new favorite artist here.
An artist-run online gallery. Publisher of limited edition art prints, and curated original works by Puerto Rican and Latinx artists.
Discover your new favorite artist here.
Oil and fabric on wood. 9x12 inches. Original Work.
From Gurabo, Puerto Rico. His work is mostly presented in an illustrative/portrait manner. Visually, he says his work is better when it's interactive and the end result is a bit glamorous, a bit comical, and very disturbing. Sebastián is influenced by old glamour photography, the gender-normative customs from the 1960s, interior design, and old politically active caricatures.
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Acrylic on mounted canvas. 38x34 inches.
Presented at the El Local’s Art residency project: CoCa WIC II. A solo show at Santurce’s own El Local. November 21-30, 2019.
El CoCa or “Colectivo Camiseta” is an anti-art collective from Puerto Rico. They have exhibited their work in the streets of Río Piedras and Santurce. Some of the members from this collective are now all over the world on different anti-art missions.
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Mixed media. 36x24 inches.
Presented at his solo show: Campo. At Pública, Santurce, PR. April 4, 2019. Curated by Natalia Viera-Salgado.
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He works with woodcut, screen printing, and other mixed media. He is a founding member of El CoCa (Colectivo Camiseta) an anti art collective based in Puerto Rico. Uziel has exhibited his works in Artlab, Santurce es Ley 3, 4, 5, Las Jornadas del Grabado, Colectiva Monopatín 3, Lorenzo Homar: Tributo Gráfico Puertorriqueño, Sunburns and Sirens and other collective exhibitions.
In 2016 had his third solo show: Detrás de la máscara se esconde el espíritu. And his latest solo show, CAMPO (2019) a mixed media exploration using engravings, stencil and airbrush.
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Mixed media. 26x26 inches.
Presented at his solo show: Campo. At Pública, Santurce, PR. April 4, 2019. Curated by Natalia Viera-Salgado.
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He works with woodcut, screen printing, and other mixed media. He is a founding member of El CoCa (Colectivo Camiseta) an anti art collective based in Puerto Rico. Uziel has exhibited his works in Artlab, Santurce es Ley 3, 4, 5, Las Jornadas del Grabado, Colectiva Monopatín 3, Lorenzo Homar: Tributo Gráfico Puertorriqueño, Sunburns and Sirens and other collective exhibitions.
In 2016 had his third solo show: Detrás de la máscara se esconde el espíritu. And his latest solo show, CAMPO (2019) a mixed media exploration using engravings, stencil and airbrush.
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Watercolor on cardboard coaster. 4x4 inches.
Presented at the Beer Coaster Show. A collective show at Beer Box, Aguadilla PR. October 8, 2016.
Originally from Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Studied on Escuela de Artes Plásticas in Old San Juan. Currently working as an illustrator, muralist and comics artist.
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Marker and ink on watercolor paper. 11x17 inches.
This work was presented at Chichaíto III collective exhibition at Taller Secreto, Río Piedras, PR. February 2016.
Kare Carrasquillo is a Puerto Rican artist currently living in New York. Her works include illustration, plastics arts and comics.
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Digital print. 12x36 inches. Signed and numbered.
Presented at the El Local’s Art residency project: CoCa Week. A solo show at Santurce’s own El Local. August 24 -30, 2018.
El CoCa or “Colectivo Camiseta” is an anti art collective from Puerto Rico. They have exhibit their work in the streets of Río Piedras and Santurce. Some of the members from this collective are now all over the world on different anti art missions.
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Riso print on paper. Series of 32, 11x17 inches. Numbered and signed by the artist.
Presented at “El Section” exhibition at Gostosos. San Juan PR. August, 2018.
CJ Román is a Puerto Rican artists and musician. He currently works on illustration, comics and paintings.
*The ink marks on the work are part of the illustration.
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5 color screen print. 11x17 inches. Series of 15.
This work is being presented at the augmented reality exhibition Hijack! at the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR. October 2018.
Ilia Isales is an illustrator, publicist and a writer living in New York.
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Digital print on watercolor cardstock paper. Ink original available. 9x12 inches.
This work is being presented at the augmented reality exhibition Hijack! at the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR. October 2018.
Bicio is a Puerto Rican born artist currently living in New York City. He is a founding member of El CoCa (Colectivo Camiseta) an anti art collective based on Puerto Rico.
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Digital print on watercolor cardstock paper. Series of 12. 11x14 inches.
This work is being presented at the augmented reality exhibition Hijack! at the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR. October 2018.
About the artist:
Originally from Toa Alta, Puerto Rico and a resident of Santurce until Hurricane María. Studied on Escuela de Artes Plásticas in Old San Juan. Currently working as an illustrator, muralist and comics artist.
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Digital print. 12x12 inches. Signed and numbered.
Presented at the El Local’s Art residency project: CoCa Week. A solo show at Santurce’s own El Local. August 24 -30, 2018.
El CoCa or “Colectivo Camiseta” is an anti art collective from Puerto Rico. They have exhibit their work in the streets of Río Piedras and Santurce. Some of the members from this collective are now all over the world on different anti art missions.
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11x14 inches. This series is an edition of 20. Offset printed on Cover 80 lb. Signed and numbered.
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Lives and work in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lorraine Rodríguez is an artist and illustrator. Studied Literature and Hispanic Studies in Universidad de Puerto Rico and later Illustration in la Escola Superior de Disseny de Barcelona, Spain. Currently working as an illustrator since 2008 for editorial houses, publications and independent projects in Spain, United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
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Each print will help Puerto Rico's creative community. The proceeds will be divided between the artist and two funds for Puerto Rico relief efforts.
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10.75x14.25 inches. This series is an edition of 20. Offset printed on Cover 80 lb. Signed and numbered.
"I chose the Ideogram of Saturn because of its duality. Originally, Saturn was known as the god of growth and triumph. Another thing that drew me to the ideogram is the representation of our relentless reality. I think that we need a realistic visual representation of the material conditions in life to construct our ideas and future.
Blooming flora on a symbol framed by a raging sea. Budding trees are the simplest representation of a cycle, that I've seen, which seems to say everything has it's season, even though things may seem difficult now we must give more so we can be reborn."
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Based in San Juan. Illustrator with a focus on color theory, symbolism, the feminine figure and flora. Influenced by anime, comics and the Caribbean.
Ivia has a BA in Graphic Design, but is passionate about learning and working more with drawing and painting. She’s had the privilege to participate in various collective art expos like Chichaíto/Little Fucks, El Teatro es Malo, Beer Coaster Show, among others. She’s tabled at Tintero: Festival de Comics y Arte Independiente and Puerto Rico Comic Con as well as other events.
Each print will help Puerto Rico's creative community. The proceeds will be divided between the artist and two funds for Puerto Rico relief efforts.
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20 × 20 inch art print
Printed on 100% cotton, acid-free paper.
Short run edition of 5, signed and numbered.
This work was presented as part of Colectivo 2026, a collective exhibition curated by MAL (Muestra de Arte Local) and held at El Local Gallery on December 4, 2025.
Camila Buxeda was born in 1990 and raised in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where she lived until 2016. Her work has been exhibited in Puerto Rico and the United States. She currently resides in La Quinta, California, where she works full time as an illustrator.
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IDYLLIUM
SOLD OUT. Our last exhibition in our brick and mortar gallery before Hurricane María. Idyllium was a botanical illustration approach to the sylvan landscapes of Puerto Rico from four female Borica artists. A remembrance of sensations via pictures. The participating artists were: Giovanna Andrea, Stephanie Cavina, Andrea Gisela, and Rosaura Rodríguez.
Contrabando began as a short-lived gallery space in Río Piedras, the sister project of Taller Secreto. Our mission is to showcase and export Puerto Rican and Latinx art. In September 2017, it closed due to bureaucratic complications and Hurricane María
We have since reinvented itself as an online store. Still, the mission stays the same: generate, exhibit, and export art from young artists in Puerto Rico and Latin America to the rest of the world.
Oil and fabric on wood. 16x20 inches. Original Work.
From Gurabo, Puerto Rico. His work is mostly presented in an illustrative/portrait manner. Visually, he says his work is better when it's interactive and the end result is a bit glamorous, a bit comical, and very disturbing. Sebastián is influenced by old glamour photography, the gender-normative customs from the 1960s, interior design, and old politically active caricatures.
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